Egyptian DaysHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 329 pages |
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Page 52
... carved pulpit rises from the midst of the main hall . Windows richly dight add to the effect . Backsheesh must be be- stowed on leaving , and tickets are the rule at every mosque that is much frequented . Each has its sepa- 52 EGYPTIAN ...
... carved pulpit rises from the midst of the main hall . Windows richly dight add to the effect . Backsheesh must be be- stowed on leaving , and tickets are the rule at every mosque that is much frequented . Each has its sepa- 52 EGYPTIAN ...
Page 77
... carved pulpit and a deep , in- laid prayer niche in the eastern liwan . Carved stone pulpits like this - simply a lofty platform at the top of an imposing flight of steps - are common in all Cairo mosques , and I suppose in mosques ...
... carved pulpit and a deep , in- laid prayer niche in the eastern liwan . Carved stone pulpits like this - simply a lofty platform at the top of an imposing flight of steps - are common in all Cairo mosques , and I suppose in mosques ...
Page 89
... carved inscriptions . If one facing such a monument as this is bewildered and confused , how much greater is the confusion of one writing of it- forced to say something , yet knowing neither where to begin nor where to end ? - I am ...
... carved inscriptions . If one facing such a monument as this is bewildered and confused , how much greater is the confusion of one writing of it- forced to say something , yet knowing neither where to begin nor where to end ? - I am ...
Page 95
... carved in all parts like unto the human body it accompanied , so that if all - destroying time reduced the original body to dust , the ka might still find ready to hand a re- plica of the former body which it could recognize and re ...
... carved in all parts like unto the human body it accompanied , so that if all - destroying time reduced the original body to dust , the ka might still find ready to hand a re- plica of the former body which it could recognize and re ...
Page 97
... carved . Its aspect is that of a living overseer , abroad in his plantations . Its eyes are astonishingly lifelike , and its close resemblance to the persistent type of Egyptian gave it the name which it has come to bear - an ...
... carved . Its aspect is that of a living overseer , abroad in his plantations . Its eyes are astonishingly lifelike , and its close resemblance to the persistent type of Egyptian gave it the name which it has come to bear - an ...
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Abydos Amenhotep Amenhotep III Ammon Ammon-Ra ancient appears Arabs Assiut Assuan backsheesh bank bazaars Beni Hassan body building Cairo camel carved cemetery chapel Cheops Citadel cliffs colossi columns Copts court dead decoration delightful Dendera desert donkey doubtless dragoman Dynasty Edfû Egypt Egyptian erected Esneh eternal face feet feluccas Ghizeh gods Greek Hassan Hatasu Hathor Horus huge hypostyle hall impressive Isis Karnak Khephrên king KOM OMBO land later lofty Luxor magnificent massive mastaba mastaba tomb Memphis midst miles modern Mohammed monarchs monument mortuary mosque Mouski mummy native Nile once Osiris passed Pharaoh Philæ Professor Ptolemaic pylon pyramids Rameses Rameses II Ramesseum Raschid ride river rock ruin sacred Sakkâra sands seems seen Seti shrine side sort sowaheen Sphinx spot steamer stone street Taiyah tarbush temple Thebes thing Thutmosis Thutmosis III tion to-day towers valley visitor walls worship